Ice creeper



Sept. 8, E925. K L552952 D. o. SHIBLER ICE CREEPER Filed Jan. 5, 1925 www Patented Sept. l8., 1925.

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ICE CRIEPEB.

Application mea Janaary 5, 1925. Lseriaino. 574..v

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, DAVID O. Smink, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanover', in the County-of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice Creepers,

' This invention relates tion rearwardly and downwardlyl ineircularl 'an Aggrigidly secured to the base plate, but

of which the following isa4 specification.

to ice Creepers for use on the heels of boots and shoes; and it consists in the novel Construction and Combination of the arts hereinafter vully de- 'seribed and Claimed which enable it to be readily. attached to and detached from the shoe heel.

In the drawings, of an icelcreeper Constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan Aview of the same.- Fig. 3 is a side view similar to Fig. 1, but shows the shoe heel connected to the Creeper. Fig. 4 is a front end view of the Creeper shown in Fig. 3 but omitting the shoe heel.

The shoe heel 6 ispreferably formed 'of india rubber Composition which is elastic,

but it may be formed of' leather or other material suitable for shoe heels. The CreeperA has a base plate 7 preferably triangular in form, and the 'llas two ice spurs 8 bent downwardly at its angles, for engaging with the ice. "A slot 9 is formed Crosswise at the .middle of the front part of the base plate, and the metal in .front of the slot is bent downwardly. A flat bar '10 is slidable in the slot 9, and has a sharp hook-shaped lug 12 at its front end adapted toen'gage with the front end ot thel rubber heel. The plate or bar 10 has also'a projection lllv at its rear end which is adapted to engage with any one of a row or holes '15 inthe base plate 7 A spur 16 is also secured to the base plate 7, and prodpwnwardly from its rear end portion, l:Ladis adapted to engage with the ice.

.ing 5717.. v projects upwardly from the roerend ofthe base plate 7, and basan eye '18- its top formed by bending its top porform.

'he heel of the shoe is held between the lugs 12 and 17. The .lugl may be formed Figure 1 is a side view in Fig. i

. wardly.

front end of this platev it is preferably connectedto it soy-that it can I be adjusted and set,` at dierent from the lug 17. In order to for into engagement with the lugs, sition-ing lever 19 is provided.k

ortion y so that it will it snugly around the h eel of the shoe when the device is in the position shown in Fig. 3. The lever has a crosspriece a orked po- 'Iheforked distances 'I e the heel Y of this lever is curved longitudinal- 20 at its middle part, which is pivoted`loosely in the eye 18. rIhe integral with the lever, eye is bent around the Crosspiece in Circular form. The front end portions of the forked lever have sharp edges 21 for engaging with the shoe heel, and its other end has a short handle 22 tor operating the lever. y

vl/'hen the parte arein the positions shown the lug 12 i s first adjusted to suit the size of the shoevheel, and is thenlocked to the base plate. Thev lug12 is then placed against the shoe heel when the heel is in the position shown in dotted linesin Fig.A 3. The handle of the lever is then pressed up- This turns theipositioning. lever-on its pivot, and frces'its sharp edges'21 into the material of the shoe. heel. the lug 12 into the frontv` ide of the shoe heel and turns the shoe h el and presses it Crosspiece is formed and the metal o the This presses downwardly in contactwith the lug 17 until one end, saidlever having also sharp pcrtions at its forked endv which operate to seat base plate provided the shoeheelon the base and retain it there' in Contactwith the rear lug when the handleraised pivotally '2. Inln ice ereeper,

by hand past the said eye.

.with icespursysaid plate having a own-y wardly bent portion and a slot in its front a base plate'provided loo part and a row -O holes behind theslot andl having et its reel' end'a l en eye ezt-its top, e 1 hase plate im Athe sai from; end a lug' for el;

e heel and et` its rear en for engagmg' l with any 'one of. thesai 'end a gotmung lever p-mted in ate'ehdable under the slot at-its a d; proection iholes,

. the shoe A eye and one end the .said l rev-idea with a snm' v portion et Q r engaging with the s oe hee1 and lDAVID o. SH'ILER. f 

